New Folger Library Shakespeare

At head of title: Folger Shakespeare Library

Shakespeare's The taming of the shrew -- Reading Shakespeare's language : The taming of the shrew -- Shakespeare's life -- Shakespeare's theater -- The publication of Shakespeare's plays -- An introduction to this text -- The taming of the shrew : text of the play with commentary -- Longer notes -- Textual notes -- Appendix: Framing dialogue in The taming of a shrew (1594) -- The taming of the shrew : a modern perspective / by Karen Newman -- Further reading -- Key to famous lines and phrases

Love and marriage are the concerns of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. Lucentio's marriage to Bianca is prompted by his idealized love of an apparently ideal woman. Petruchio's wooing of Katherine, however, is free of idealism. Petruchio takes money from Bianca's suitors to woo her, since Katherine must marry before her sister by her father's decree; he also arranges the dowry with her father. Petruchio is then ready to marry Katherine, even against her will. --Publisher

"With detailed notes from the world's leading center for Shakespeare studies."--Cover